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Author:  76van [ Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:00 am ]
Post subject:  Engine Missing
ok so i take the van up to the servo last night to fill the tank & it`s missing,back firing & spluttering through the rev range,fine at idle.

just want to know what i should be looking at today,want to get it right before i go for the blue slip.

all advice greatly appreciated.

cheers
jayson
Author:  Anto [ Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:51 am ]
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Have a look at the spark plugs, they're easy :wink:
Author:  Mike_Byron [ Mon Mar 07, 2011 8:00 am ]
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Check the timing and make sure that the distributor is not loose and able to turn.

Also check that the fuel filter is not full of gunk especially as this is a recent restoration.

Mike
Author:  GT mowog [ Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:08 am ]
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Another possibility is it's running lean.
Author:  Hanra [ Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:15 am ]
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Is it running better now that's u fueled it up? Maybe u were outta fuel?
Author:  76van [ Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:26 am ]
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thanks for all the replies.

will check plugs.

which way do i turn the mixture nut to richen it ?

i set the static timing at 10' btdc is this too much ? fuel filter looks ok

fueling up made no difference

cheers
jayson
Author:  Tadhg [ Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:31 am ]
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Tighten the nut to lean it out, loosen the nut to richen it. :)
Author:  bamnfi [ Mon Mar 07, 2011 10:47 am ]
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And here I was thinking he had lost his engine :shock:
Author:  sgc [ Mon Mar 07, 2011 11:00 am ]
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Tadhg wrote:
Tighten the nut to lean it out, loosen the nut to richen it. :)


.. and don't forget the nut is screwed in upside-down, so looking from above rich is clockwise, lean is anti-clockwise ;)

(this is one of those things my brain will never instinctively get.. I have to visualise it every time :lol:)
Author:  Panthersteve [ Mon Mar 07, 2011 11:16 am ]
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bamnfi wrote:
And here I was thinking he had lost his engine :shock:


I was wondering how long it would take :D
Author:  Tadhg [ Mon Mar 07, 2011 11:49 am ]
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sgc wrote:
Tadhg wrote:
Tighten the nut to lean it out, loosen the nut to richen it. :)

.. and don't forget the nut is screwed in upside-down, so looking from above rich is clockwise, lean is anti-clockwise ;)

(this is one of those things my brain will never instinctively get.. I have to visualise it every time :lol:)

That's what I was doing yesterday - thinking it through. Something like, "Ok, my head's under the car, feet out the front, I'm looking at the nut, to lean it off I put the spanner on the nut so that it's pointing towards the driver's side and spin it towards the engine..." :oops: :lol:
So, to enrich the mix, spanner on the nut pointing to the passenger side and pull towards the engine. :wink:
Author:  76van [ Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:28 pm ]
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thanks everybody,will try the mixture once it stops raining.gotta love katoomba weather
Author:  Fiji [ Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:43 pm ]
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bamnfi wrote:
And here I was thinking he had lost his engine :shock:

laughed when i read that :wink:
Author:  Fiji [ Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:45 pm ]
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so it was raining while you you were driving or just now ?
Author:  76van [ Mon Mar 07, 2011 1:14 pm ]
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no wasn`t raining when i was driving.

made the mixture richer,just made it worse

moved dissy either way,no improvement

thinking maybe wrong needle in carby
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